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there are some of us here old enough to remember we used to be able to walk across and have lunch in nogales and walked back. think about doing that today. you bring up problems on the border, and with this surveillance capability, we will be able to keep people back, and then we will be able to send these teams out. finally, the coyotes. we know these coyotes are the worst scum-of-the-earth people, and they are bringing people into tucson and up to phoenix and putting them in drop houses where they hold them in the most unspeakable conditions and then hold them for ransom that their families back in mexico. it is an argument for getting our borders secure, but also an argument for us to address the entire issue of illegal immigration. i thank you for your passion. yes, sir. >> [indiscernible] >> go ahead. >> you are not answering why and what we are going to do with border patrol agents. [indiscernible] >> every citizen of this country has the benefit of innocence of proven guilty. that is a fundamental quality of our democracy. there should be complete and thorough investigation, c
there are some of us here old enough to remember we used to be able to walk across and have lunch in nogales and walked back. think about doing that today. you bring up problems on the border, and with this surveillance capability, we will be able to keep people back, and then we will be able to send these teams out. finally, the coyotes. we know these coyotes are the worst scum-of-the-earth people, and they are bringing people into tucson and up to phoenix and putting them in drop houses where...
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tell us about it? >> there was an article, a profile on me. in my office i have this sofa that i call the true sofa. so often members will come in and tell me what they think. i meet with constituents on a regular basis. when you're in there, you get one on one, and you get the real story line is for the policy, why they do not. that is what we have to do as a party, engage people one-on-one. i think about my own district. when you talk about minority outreach, different demographic out rich, my district is 54% democrat, 34% republican, 12% independent. but about 25% of that is african-american. i carry the african-american vote each time i ran, and i did that by going one-on-one. i am the third generation from where i'm from fear they are not voting for some unknown republican. that made a big difference. that is what we have to do as a party, make sure that we are going out and talking to people one on one, let the chairman laid out in his plan, and not showing up the day or month before an election,
tell us about it? >> there was an article, a profile on me. in my office i have this sofa that i call the true sofa. so often members will come in and tell me what they think. i meet with constituents on a regular basis. when you're in there, you get one on one, and you get the real story line is for the policy, why they do not. that is what we have to do as a party, engage people one-on-one. i think about my own district. when you talk about minority outreach, different demographic out...
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ohio, wisconsin, all of us, that was the common thing that, that's bound us together. -- that bound us together. as i look and see so many signs about trayvon martin, i say, how you are going to get personr with the next carrying the sign and say, what can we do together to help the cause and move us forward? got created.ncc reactionut of a common to injustice and lack of freedom in our society. we have seen, with ernie and carlotta and the nine people who suck together and have done we watchedack then, that struggle. that this is -- emother -- mami till brought that back to chicago and had the foresight to put that ensure -- picture on the cover. of emmett picture till's body. it appeared on jet and i found camehat everyone else who and became my comrades were moved by the same thing. all of us came from different parts of the country in different worlds and that particular murder struck us because this was somebody our age. just as trayvon martin is somebody your age. realize that speaking about and carrying signs will not do anything. it has to be something. ok, we have a point that
ohio, wisconsin, all of us, that was the common thing that, that's bound us together. -- that bound us together. as i look and see so many signs about trayvon martin, i say, how you are going to get personr with the next carrying the sign and say, what can we do together to help the cause and move us forward? got created.ncc reactionut of a common to injustice and lack of freedom in our society. we have seen, with ernie and carlotta and the nine people who suck together and have done we...
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call us and put those numbers on the screen and send us a message on the screen using the #firstladies or go to c-span's facebook page and we have questions coming in and try to mix those in. gary robinson asked the question, was eliza concerned for her husband's safety after the lincoln assassination? >> she was absolutely terrified. his life was in danger as well. when he was a senator, he did not want his state to secedee from the union and oftentimes his life was in danger and when the president was assassinated. one of the daughters was worried. >> there was worry. some of the investigation suggests that there was in fact part of the overall plot someone assigned to kill johnson. >> he had heavy drinks beforehand and lost his nerve. >> he was stalking him that whole day and planning to assassinate him that night and he did not follow through. >> any historic documentation about how the president reacted to the threats on his life? >> i have never heard of any. we heard grave concerns for lincoln and people did try to tell him not to go to the peterson house that night himself beca
call us and put those numbers on the screen and send us a message on the screen using the #firstladies or go to c-span's facebook page and we have questions coming in and try to mix those in. gary robinson asked the question, was eliza concerned for her husband's safety after the lincoln assassination? >> she was absolutely terrified. his life was in danger as well. when he was a senator, he did not want his state to secedee from the union and oftentimes his life was in danger and when...
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you can send us a tweet. if you do, use the hashtag #firstladies. here is a tweet, who writes, did rachel have plans about what the jackson life should or should not be like in washington, d.c.? >> she did. she did not like expensive entertainment. she liked to go hear the leading creatures of the day and have family and friends around her in the white house. i think it would have been a domesticated white house. >> the same person ask another question. given her public scrutiny, did in the famous dignitary's attend her funeral? do either of you know the answer to that? >> she was buried two days after she died. given the way news traveled and people travel, no one could have made it. all of the local dignitaries, all of the church bells tolled. everything close down. there was a huge attendance at her funeral. >> time to step back and telling a little bit of the great love story between rachel and andrew jackson. who was rachel donelson jackson? >> it was one of the daughters of the first family of tennessee. they made a trip during which many of t
you can send us a tweet. if you do, use the hashtag #firstladies. here is a tweet, who writes, did rachel have plans about what the jackson life should or should not be like in washington, d.c.? >> she did. she did not like expensive entertainment. she liked to go hear the leading creatures of the day and have family and friends around her in the white house. i think it would have been a domesticated white house. >> the same person ask another question. given her public scrutiny,...
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joining us live is major garrett of cbs news. thank you for being with us. we want to talk about the speech and syria. can you give us some insight on how he prepared for this address? guest: the president said yesterday that the speech was and final drafting yesterday afternoon. it was probably wrapped up this morning. he outlined some basic concepts for the speech. using the 50th anniversary of the "i have a dream" as a springboard to talk more deeply about economic issues and link the speech to the companion motivation for that march 1963, which was for that are economic opportunities for african- americans. that will be a central focus today. he is a living embodiment of many of the realized dreams of that civil rights movement and of the "i have a dream" speech but he will say there is so much more to be done on the economic side. host: as you have reported, the president faces criticism from african-american leaders claiming he is not doing enough. guest: the economic progress of the country has been slow for all races. the president has missed opportu
joining us live is major garrett of cbs news. thank you for being with us. we want to talk about the speech and syria. can you give us some insight on how he prepared for this address? guest: the president said yesterday that the speech was and final drafting yesterday afternoon. it was probably wrapped up this morning. he outlined some basic concepts for the speech. using the 50th anniversary of the "i have a dream" as a springboard to talk more deeply about economic issues and link...
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of us. what do we do about these? we make them part of our political agenda, where they right now have just the most tenuous hold on the interest of politicians, who think that the way to fix higher education is to shovel money at it. that is the worst way to reform it. [applause] >> thank you, peter would. i met the doctor, a medical doctor, as you heard, when he was sort of in the shoes of jenny beth before she was in the tea party. before she was thinking of running for school board. he looked at the situation and said, something has to change. maybe i should be part of the change. we want you to look at some of our presenters and say, that could be me, where he or she has come from, and what they are now contributing. i would like to do the same, or i know somebody else who could be doing the same. we had an elected region of the university of colorado who was a faithful republican. happens to be a friend of mine. that he was a go along, get along individual who somehow decided it was ok
of us. what do we do about these? we make them part of our political agenda, where they right now have just the most tenuous hold on the interest of politicians, who think that the way to fix higher education is to shovel money at it. that is the worst way to reform it. [applause] >> thank you, peter would. i met the doctor, a medical doctor, as you heard, when he was sort of in the shoes of jenny beth before she was in the tea party. before she was thinking of running for school board....
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one of us. wherever you live, you have the opportunity to cast a vote, work for an important cause, to work for an important organization, dedicate yourselves over the course of the next year to making sure that 2014 will be critical for us, critical for taking back the nation, and it is going to be a moment when everybody around the country can hear especially from those of us in the rocky mountain west, that we are not going to stand for it one minute longer. one of the questions i get a lot and then i will ask my dad, because i would like to hear his view, the media in particular likes to talk about how the republican party is in disarray. we are facing these huge challenges, but we have got this abuse going on inside our party. i would like to hear you talk of about the introspective's on it, as somebody who has obviously participated in politics and policy for a long time and who has seen our party and the democratic party does through times of change. i would be interested to hear your tho
one of us. wherever you live, you have the opportunity to cast a vote, work for an important cause, to work for an important organization, dedicate yourselves over the course of the next year to making sure that 2014 will be critical for us, critical for taking back the nation, and it is going to be a moment when everybody around the country can hear especially from those of us in the rocky mountain west, that we are not going to stand for it one minute longer. one of the questions i get a lot...